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The application of Broken Windows Theory[1] and Terry Stops[2] are the only things that have ever worked in New York. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_w
by the_doctah 3y ago
The application of Broken Windows Theory[1] and Terry Stops[2] are the only things that have ever worked in New York.
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory
[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_stop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_stop
- Terr_ 3y agoWTF? No, those things never worked! (Not even when you ignore the costs in bias/ unconstitutionality.) Major crime stats were already dropping beforehand, and that trend continued with no correlation to the policy... not even a blip when stop-and-frisk was abruptly stopped for legal reasons. Just because a politician says something when bragging about their job-record doesn't make it true. ___ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/09/22/donald-trump-claims-new-yorks-stop-and-frisk-policy-reduced-crime-the-data-disagree/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/09/22/donal... https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/09/stop-and-frisk-works-only-if-its-legal-version/ https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/09/stop-and-fris...
- the_doctah 3y agoWow, is that why crime went back up when they stopped? Crime was "already dropping" because of Bill Bratton. It's actually curious that anyone would believe it, "never worked". What, you think Terry Stops made crime go up?
- Terr_ 3y ago> crime went back up when they stopped Citation needed. What statistic, in what time frame, relative to what baseline/context?